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Turkey Earns $825.9 Million From Hazelnut Exports |
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
Turkey, one
of the world’s leading hazelnut producers, brought in $825.9 million from
hazelnut exports in the last six months, the industry union’s data revealed on
Wednesday.
Turkey shipped more than 133,898 tons of hazelnuts to almost 90 countries
between September and February, figures released by the Black Sea Hazelnut
Exporters Union show. One kilogram of decorticated hazelnuts traded at
approximately $6.30. Of Turkey’s hazelnut exports, 101,014 tons were exported
to EU countries, the union reported. Turkey earned $774.8 million from a total
159,680 tons of hazelnut exports during the same period a year before.
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